House to Home

Who has heard of Pinterest? Even now, typing that question almost makes me laugh out loud. Perhaps a better question is who hasn’t heard of Pinterest? With Spring right around the corner my Pinterest app is full of flowers, dresses and bunnies. One thing we can always count on is for the “Pinners” (people who use Pinterest) of this world to help determine what trends are on the horizon. The Huffington Post turned to them to see what home décor trends we can expect for the Spring and I thought I’d share.

I have oddly fallen in love with wallpaper. It feels a little like a forbidden love. I grew up in a home where we flipped houses on the weekends which means removing layers of wallpaper and paint from many walls! But the wallpaper that I have a love affair with is not the boring repeated pattern wallpapers, but instead the bold, amazing, glamorous papers that can turn a boring wall into one of art! Let me show you some examples:

Planning a garden this spring? Picture this: a pergola or patio, flanked with comfy chairs, a fire pit, shrubs, pots of bright blooms all around, and beautiful cascades of climbing flowers and plants above and around you.

Not a master gardener? Not a problem. Urban Exteriors has a mastery of knowledge when it comes to climbing plants, packaged in an infographic that ranks each by color, smell, ease in maintenance, and more. And did we mention, Instagram worthy?

For my first DIY project this year, I wanted to add some visual interest to my 2-year-old’s bedroom. I fell in love with this wilderness-campy aesthetic and while searching for inspiration via Pinterest, I came across this:

Your kids will certainly grow, but you may not always be in the same house as they make their journey into young adulthood. The new-old trend of marking one's young one’s height on the wall has reared its nostalgic head, but more DIY.